Filesystem-aware manifest reader. Encapsulates the "read manifest.json next to a run directory" pattern so callers don't need to remember the JSON parse + try/catch + path-join recipe in three different files.
Description
Filesystem-aware manifest reader. Encapsulates the "read manifest.json next to a run directory" pattern so callers don't need to remember the JSON parse + try/catch + path-join recipe in three different files.